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Phom language

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Native to
  
ISO 639-3
  
nph

Native speakers
  
120,000 (2001 census)

Glottolog
  
phom1236

Language family
  
Sino-TibetanBrahmaputranKonyakKonyak–ChangPhom

Phom is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Phom people of Nagaland, northeastern India. Phom is spoken in 36 villages of Longleng subdivision, Tuensang District, northeastern Nagaland (Ethnologue).

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Names

Alternate names for Phom include Assiringia, Chingmengu, Phom, Phon, Tamlu, and Tamlu Naga (Ethnologue).

Vocabulary

A large part of the vocabulary of Phom is inherited from proto-Sino-Tibetan.

References

Phom language Wikipedia


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